A-Z: General definitions: Thomas Cranmer

Definition

(1489-1556) A leader in the English Reformation. As the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII Cranmer was instrumental in the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church. He authored the first two versions of the Book of Common Prayer. He was imprisoned by the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor and after two years was burnt as a heretic.

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